"breaks 10m subscriber" so in other words their previous figures were wrong or am I completely confused here given the previous trumpeted statements of "12 million players", but it does beg the question, 10m subscribers yet only 2.7m sales across EU, US & Oceania.

"World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees’ territories are defined along the same rules."

2.7 sold over what, 1-2 weeks? while cataclysm and the other expansions sold over 3 million within 24h, yeah wow is definitaly on the decline

First week and and of course it is declining, the basics in the game is 8 years old, GW2 and Tera and those have probably been forgotten for 5-6 years in 8 years. atleast in wow´s case it took over 6 years for it to decline, most other "wow killers"games less than a month for the decline.

2.7M Sold.. so.. It means that there are only 2.7M people playing with current expansion..?!

China/Korea don't pay for the expansion they get them for free. But that value is pretty worrisome. With 2.7m copies sold, and 1m sub gained for a total of 10m subs, that means the majority of the subs are in China/Korea. Unless my math sucks (which could entirely be possible). Or there are a lot of people still on Cata.

China/Korea don't pay for the expansion they get them for free. But that value is pretty worrisome. With 2.7m copies sold, and 1m sub gained for a total of 10m subs, that means the majority of the subs are in China/Korea. Unless my math sucks (which could entirely be possible). Or there are a lot of people still on Cata.

Doesn't include China which doesn't launch in China until October 2. Not sure about Korea. Same? At any rate, the subscriptions will clearly go up once they count the China/Korea launch.

China/Korea don't pay for the expansion they get them for free. But that value is pretty worrisome. With 2.7m copies sold, and 1m sub gained for a total of 10m subs, that means the majority of the subs are in China/Korea. Unless my math sucks (which could entirely be possible). Or there are a lot of people still on Cata.

There's most likely quite a few people holding off until they see some initial reactions from friends and such.

Originally Posted by Erin

I only saw a few minutes of it but it looked slicker than a lubed up olympic swimmer fleeing from a shark.